I love the satisfaction of negotiating a car purchase and *then* telling the finance person that you’ve already got a loan lined up and all you need them to do is process the sale paperwork....

Yes.  We all get ongoing training on the latest firefighting techniques.

^^^The tunnel situation is the most alarming to me. There’s the fire potential, but it’s also such a small tunnel, there’s really no good way to even get in there and do anything about a fire/accident/emergency.

It’s a chemical fire, not an electrical fire, unfortunately.  And yes, we have dry chem extinguishers.

Nice humblebrags there...

Like a ship’s wheel sticking out of a pirate’s pants, it’s driving me nuts.

GodDAMN that car is getting uglier by the day.  My eyes!!!

These gauges ALONE make me want a Miata (there are numerous other reasons as well...)

Meh.  Still looks like poop.

These are gonna sell like hotcakes right now.  With the amount of rich guys rolling around in $75k modified Jeeps...there’s definitely a market for this.

I really really like it, but would only pay $7500 if it was minty, Turbo, and row-your-own.

OK that’s fair.  I just took your post to mean that EVs are horrible polluters....sorry for jumping ahead.

haha - except most people don’t offroad them.  Hopefully they will depreciate like rocks.

You can also turn the radio off and back on to get it back.  Also, did you know you can use the wheel functions to change channels even if you’re not displaying the radio?

I meant “Suck it up, tell them to shush, and if they get upset, so be it”

Ugh - you’re one of *those* people.  Look dude, if we increase electrical demand and power companies have reasons to invest in cleaner power sources, they can make the business case.  Coal is at the end of its rope too.  Just because some EVs get power from coal-fired plants doesn’t mean we should stop developing…

Maybe these will be a good deal after the 3-year lease is up.

This is all horseshit.  There is no way to shush a person without coming off as a bit of a dick.  Just suck it up and deal with it.

I feel like if we all suddenly stopped eating meat (like if it were outlawed), PETA would find a reason to be upset that un-slaughtered domesticated animals then were allowed to get old and die of natural causes only to be eaten by scavengers...

This car is actually a really great buy on the used market, which is why I have one.  In 2015, it was a 2013 Volt or a 2014 Civic...the Volt had 5 yrs/50k left on the Voltec warranty, and I’ve averaged 80 mpg over that time, so it was worth it.  Also, how often are you hauling around more than 4 people?  If you have a…